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Early in March of this year, the US Postal Service (USPS) signed an agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in regard to cost savings and eliminating waste. The news came in a March 13 letter sent by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to congressional leaders. He cited a cost-cutting initiative that includes a reduction of 10,000 USPS workers (out of a workforce of 635,000 employees) through a voluntary early retirement program. The agreement with DOGE raises questions about the future of the USPS and follows the news from mid-February when DeJoy notified the Postal Service Board of Governors that he would be leaving as Postmaster and that they should begin the process of identifying his successor. He officially resigned on March 24th.   Outgoing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Wish List Appointed during Donald Trump’s first administration, DeJoy has headed the USPS for five years. The USPS is now into the fourth year of his “Delivering for America” plan, a ten-year …